In his book A Moveable Feast, Ernest Hemingway once described this author's talent as:
"natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. At one time she/he understood it no more than the butterfly did and she/he did not know when it was brushed or marred. Later she/he became conscious of his damaged wings and of their construction and he learned to think and could not fly any more because the love of flight was gone and she/he could only remember when it had been effortless."
a. Gertrude Stein
b. Hemingway, Ernest
c. Ezra Pound
d. Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)
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"natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. At one time she/he understood it no more than the butterfly did and she/he did not know when it was brushed or marred. Later she/he became conscious of his damaged wings and of their construction and he learned to think and could not fly any more because the love of flight was gone and she/he could only remember when it had been effortless."
a. Gertrude Stein
b. Hemingway, Ernest
c. Ezra Pound
d. Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)
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Gertrude Stein
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born
February 03, 1874
died
July 27, 1946
gender
female
place of birth
Allegheny, Pennsylvania, The United States
genre
Nonfiction, Arts & Photography
about this author
Gertrude Stein was an American writer who spent most of her life in France, and who became a catalyst in the development of modern art and literature. Her life was marked by two primary relationships, the first with her brother Leo Stein, from 1874-1914, and the second with Alice B. Toklas, from 1907 until Stein's death in 1946. Stein shared her salon at 27 rue de Fleurus, Paris, first with Leo and then with Alice. Throughout her lifetime, Stein cultivated significant tertiary relationships with well-known members of the avant garde artistic and literary world of her time.
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The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein avg rating 3.68 — 1,073 ratings — published 1933 16 editions |
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Tender Buttons by Gertrude Stein avg rating 3.97 — 732 ratings — published 1970 13 editions |
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Three Lives by Gertrude Stein avg rating 3.31 — 434 ratings — published 1909 25 editions |
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Selected Writings of Gertrude Stein by Gertrude Stein avg rating 4.07 — 164 ratings — published 1990 3 editions |
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Picasso by Gertrude Stein avg rating 3.96 — 126 ratings — published 1959 7 editions |
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How to Write by Gertrude Stein avg rating 4.08 — 116 ratings — published 1973 5 editions |
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The Making of Americans by Gertrude Stein avg rating 3.89 — 100 ratings — published 1946 5 editions |
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Three Lives and Tender Buttons by Gertrude Stein avg rating 3.78 — 90 ratings — published 2003 2 editions |
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Everybody's Autobiography by Gertrude Stein avg rating 3.94 — 81 ratings — published 1971 4 editions |
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Stanzas in Meditation by Gertrude Stein avg rating 4.43 — 67 ratings — published 1994 |
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"If you can't say anything nice about anyone else, come sit next to me."
— Gertrude Stein
— Gertrude Stein
"It takes a lot of time to be a genius. You have to sit around so much, doing nothing, really doing nothing."
— Gertrude Stein
— Gertrude Stein
"Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense."
— Gertrude Stein
— Gertrude Stein
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